Job

Job 12:24

²⁴He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason

and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He deprives	מֵסִ֗יר	mê·sîr	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
the earth’s	הָאָ֑רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
leaders	רָאשֵׁ֣י	rā·šê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7218 head
of reason	לֵ֭ב	lêḇ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
and makes them wander	וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם	way·yaṯ·‘êm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H8582 err
in a trackless	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
wasteland	בְּתֹ֣הוּ	bə·ṯō·hū	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H8414 formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.